ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY ADEQUACY AND UTILIZATION INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING CHEMISTRY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE

The study focused on the assessment of instructional materials for teaching and learning chemistry in senior secondary schools Kano State. Three research questions were posed to guide the study. It adopted descriptive survey design. The sample size comprised of 36 chemistry teachers in 30 secondary schools selected by simple random technique from the total population of 75 secondary schools in Kano State. Two instruments namely checklist of availability of instructional materials and teachers’ questionnaire titled utilization and inhibiting factors chemistry questionnaire were used for data collection. The data obtained were analysed using simple percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that good number of laboratory equipment and audio instructional materials were available but were not adequately utilized and the audio visual materials were neither available nor utilized for chemistry instruction. It was also found that lack of fund, poor implementation policy, lack of motivation among others were the factors inhibiting effective provision and utilization of instructional materials for chemistry instruction. It was recommended that chemistry teachers should endeavour to utilize the available instructional materials and that government should ensure adequate provision of fund for the procurement of the instructional materials.